Icarus(sia): The Myth about a Mercenary that flew too close to the Sun
(2024) UNDK02 20241Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This study aims to contribute to the further refinement of the theoretical framework about theatrical vengeance by performing a qualitative analysis on a single case - the highly publicized murder of Yevgeny Prigozhin - using the theoretical framework in question. The analytical approach is inspired by the congruence method, evaluating the explanatory potential of theatrical vengeance by assessing if and to what extent the expectations derived from the framework can be used to understand the case. The analysis uses empirical observations retrieved from the news coverage of the line of events which preceded and followed Prigozhin’s death. The analysis concludes that theatrical vengeance indeed is a viable explanatory framework in relation... (More)
- This study aims to contribute to the further refinement of the theoretical framework about theatrical vengeance by performing a qualitative analysis on a single case - the highly publicized murder of Yevgeny Prigozhin - using the theoretical framework in question. The analytical approach is inspired by the congruence method, evaluating the explanatory potential of theatrical vengeance by assessing if and to what extent the expectations derived from the framework can be used to understand the case. The analysis uses empirical observations retrieved from the news coverage of the line of events which preceded and followed Prigozhin’s death. The analysis concludes that theatrical vengeance indeed is a viable explanatory framework in relation to the Prigozhin case, and that the set of expectations derived from it contributed to the overall understanding of the case. This, in turn, suggests that theatrical vengeance in the future may serve as a valuable explanatory model for the study of other cases featuring dramatic assassinations involving Russian
dissidents. (Less)
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- author
- Lindvall, Alice LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- UNDK02 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- theatrical vengeance, Russia, qualitative case study, political signaling, Yevgeny Prigozhin
- language
- English
- id
- 9172947
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- 2024-09-05 14:45:58
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abstract = {{This study aims to contribute to the further refinement of the theoretical framework about theatrical vengeance by performing a qualitative analysis on a single case - the highly publicized murder of Yevgeny Prigozhin - using the theoretical framework in question. The analytical approach is inspired by the congruence method, evaluating the explanatory potential of theatrical vengeance by assessing if and to what extent the expectations derived from the framework can be used to understand the case. The analysis uses empirical observations retrieved from the news coverage of the line of events which preceded and followed Prigozhin’s death. The analysis concludes that theatrical vengeance indeed is a viable explanatory framework in relation to the Prigozhin case, and that the set of expectations derived from it contributed to the overall understanding of the case. This, in turn, suggests that theatrical vengeance in the future may serve as a valuable explanatory model for the study of other cases featuring dramatic assassinations involving Russian
dissidents.}},
author = {{Lindvall, Alice}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Icarus(sia): The Myth about a Mercenary that flew too close to the Sun}},
year = {{2024}},
}